---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to court-appointed visitors and experts; relating to the powers and duties of the office of public advocacy; relating to the powers and duties of the Alaska Court System; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to court-appointed visitors and experts; relating to the powers and duties of the office of public advocacy; relating to the powers and duties of the Alaska Court System; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Alaska HB 155 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "DISABILITIES", "ESTATES", "FAMILIES", "FEES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "HEARINGS", "INJUNCTIONS", "MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "RIGHTS", "TRUSTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TUCK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 84
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-29"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37bd481d-f7ac-415d-8971-1ed41c06dad0"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB155"
source_hash: "40e571e7495d45bc878c70545e67faf3693682f17e7492082bb80b1c4f6abd03"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---

# Alaska HB 155 (32) — An Act relating to court-appointed visitors and experts; relating to the powers and duties of the office of public advocacy; relating to the powers and duties of the Alaska Court System; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled HB 155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0155Z)
2. **HB 155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0155A)
3. **SCS HB 155(JUD)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0155B)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y38 N2 #1049 — **38–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y15 N- E2 A3 #2750 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y40 #1049 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N2 E1 #3013 — **37–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- TUCK — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-29** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** (H) JUD, FIN
- **2021-04-05** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-05** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-05** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2021-04-07** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-07** (H) Moved HB 155 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 1:15 pm --
- **2021-04-07** (H) Minutes (HJUD)
- **2021-04-09** (H) JUD RPT 4DP 3NR
- **2021-04-09** (H) DP: KREISS-TOMKINS, DRUMMOND, SNYDER, CLAMAN
- **2021-04-09** (H) NR: EASTMAN, VANCE, KURKA
- **2021-04-09** (H) FN1: (ADM)
- **2021-04-09** (H) FN2: (AJS)
- **2021-05-05** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2021-05-05** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-05-05** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-05-06** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2021-05-06** (H) Moved HB 155 Out of Committee
- **2021-05-06** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-05-07** (H) FIN RPT 7DP 2NR
- **2021-05-07** (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, LEBON, THOMPSON, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, MERRICK
- **2021-05-07** (H) NR: CARPENTER, RASMUSSEN
- **2021-05-07** (H) FN1: (ADM)
- **2021-05-07** (H) FN2: (AJS)
- **2021-05-13** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2021
- **2021-05-13** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 155 `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** (H) PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2021-05-13** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y40
- **2021-05-13** (H) COSPONSOR(S): CLAMAN
- **2021-05-13** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-05-13** (H) VERSION: HB 155
- **2021-05-14** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** (S) JUD, FIN
- **2022-01-28** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-01-28** (S) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2022-01-28** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2022-01-31** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-01-31** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-01-31** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2022-02-02** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-02-02** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-02** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2022-02-09** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-02-09** (S) Moved SCS HB 155(JUD) Out of Committee
- **2022-02-09** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2022-02-11** (S) JUD RPT SCS(JUD) 3DP SAME TITLE
- **2022-02-11** (S) DP: HOLLAND, HUGHES, KIEHL
- **2022-02-11** (S) FN3: (ADM)
- **2022-02-11** (S) FN4: (AJS)
- **2022-04-25** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-04-25** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-25** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-04** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-04** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-11** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-11** (S) Moved SCS HB 155(JUD) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-11** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-12** (S) FIN RPT SCS(JUD) 4DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2022-05-12** (S) DP: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, OLSON, VON IMHOF
- **2022-05-12** (S) NR: WILSON
- **2022-05-12** (S) FN3: (ADM)
- **2022-05-12** (S) FN4: (AJS)
- **2022-05-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/2022
- **2022-05-15** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-15** (S) JUD SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-15** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 155(JUD) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-15** (S) PASSED Y15 N- E2 A3 `passage`
- **2022-05-15** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-16** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 155(JUD)
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2022-05-17** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y37 N2 E1
- **2022-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-10-05** (H) 11:10 A.M. 6/27/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 21 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/22 `became-law`
- **2022-10-05** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 281
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN3: (ADM)
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN4: (AJS)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37bd481d-f7ac-415d-8971-1ed41c06dad0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).